Roscommon County Council grants permission for battery energy storage plant at Tawlaght & Srabragan, Lough Allen, Co. Roscommon

In context

It is one of 5 battery storage applications Roscommon County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 58 nationally. Of the 72 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 78% were granted.

What happens next

The applicant, or anyone who made a submission on the application, can appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála within four weeks of 13 November 2024. If no appeal is lodged, the council’s decision stands and a final grant issues.

The development description, as lodged

Verbatim from the Roscommon County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.

Planning permission for the development of a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) designed to provide system support services to the Electricity Grid consisting of: (i) the installation of 56 No. battery containers and medium voltage power stations (MVPS) (ii) construction of a new single-storey IPP building, (iii) new internal access roads, drainage, civil engineering works, landscaping, lighting, car parking, security fencing and all associated site work at